Clip for plaster boards and the like



H. H. BURSON.

CLIP FOR PLASTER BOARDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1920.

1,4=l7,793. Patented May30, 1922.

W1 TNESS: JNVENTOR.

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UNITED" STA as mu ome HARRY H. BUBSON, or cnrcaeo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, To smrrlnx STEEL rnonuo'rs COMPANY, or onroaeo, ILLmoIs. A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

CLIP For, rnasrnn BOARDS AND THE Lnin Application filed July 31,

ful Improvements in Clips for Plaster- Boards and the like,ot which the following is a specification. g

This invention relates to a clip of the kind which is commonly employed in the construction of tire proof walls, and is particularly concerned with certain improvements in the means for holding together the adjacent edges of boards of plaster or analogous material preparatory to the application of plaster thereon.

The objects of this invention are to provide a simple and inexpensive clip which may be readily formed from sheet metal. and which in use may be easily applied to securely hold the plaster boards in proper alignment and spaced relation. @ther objects and uses will also appear from the detailed description to follow wherein refer ence is made to an exemplification of my invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawing which exhibits in Figure 1 a perspective of three plaster boards installed'between studdings. two of the present clips be;- ing shown in operative position, and in Figures 2 and 3 plan andv perspective views, respectively. of the clip per se. I

To clearly show the manner in which this clip 'is'used, there is represented in the draw: ing a studding" from which are bent tongues 5, the free end of each being gripped around a pin 6 which engages thb outer side of a. plaster board B so as to hold it firmly against'the studding. lBetween each pair of studdings these plaster boards are positioned in some such fashion as this, the boards be.- ing juxtaposed one against the other, edge to edge, their number depending upon the length of the studding; The present clips G are arranged between the edges of adjoining plaster boards, as shown, for purposes of alignment and reinforcement, as well as for spacing, as will nowbe explained. 1 Each clip is preferably stamped from sheet metal to provide a body on which are carried a pluralit of wings 7 and 8 arranged, respective y, in two courses, each of which is disposed in a plane that is spafield e wings in one course are furthermore stag- 1920. Serial No. 400,498.

Specificatio ofLetteI-s Patent. 'Patented 11 30 1922 I webs 9 extending between the wings and in? termediately of their ends, as shown. As

I 'iewecl in plan, the clip presents a zigzag structure with the wings in one course spaced apart from those in'the adjacent course a istance approximately equal to the thickness of a plaster board. f

-l [n the use of these clips the wings are requlred to. lie flat upon opposite sides of the plaster boards, each wing engaging with its opposite ends a difierent board, Through the medium of the webs 9 which present their opposite edges to adjoining boards,- these plaster boards are also maintained in spaced relation. In this manner each board is preserved in alient with the one adjacent thereto and derives support therefrom to withstand lateral pressure. en the plaster is applied it may treelyenter the space between the hoards and partially slop over 1t; their inner thus forming a plaster From the preceding descriptiongfitwill be observed that my clip requires only a mall amount of metal tor its manufacture.

may be readily installed in place so as to pm- 1 ride an efi'ectiye medium foraligning as well as spacingthe plaster hoards. Accordingly in respect of such teat-ores of invention, as

are incorporated into the present clip structure, whether or not made in the exactform shown, l desire to be protected in this patent, the inrention being herein claimed as follows.

ll claim: 1. A clip or" the kind described comprising a plurality of wings arranged. in double courses, the wings in the two courses being adapted topresent their inner faces flatly against the opposite sides of a plaster board,

and means connecting the said wings termed intel with them all and comprising webs extending obliquely trom; a wing in one course to a proximate wing in the other 7 course, and Vice verse in zigzag formation throughout the length of the clip, the webs being disposed edgewise between the edges of theplaster boards against which the wings are presented to thereby space said plasterboards apart an appreciable distance, substantially as described.

2. A clip of the kind described comprismg a body of sheet inetal bent in'zigzag fashion and adapted to present its edges between the edges of a pair of juxtaposed plaster boards to thereby space them aparta definite dis v tance, a plurality of Wings fdrmed integral with the clip body in double courses, one on each side of the two plaster boards, the

Wings-beingextended from the clip body in opposite directions to engage with both plaster boards, substantially .as described.

3. A clip of the kind described comprising a body of undulating sheet metallarrang'ed topresent its edges between the edges of a pair-of juxtaposed plaster boards to thereby space them apart a definite distance, and wings extended in opposite directions from the undulations on'the' clip body to lie upon opposite, sides of each of the two plaster 

